Age at hip or knee joint replacement surgery predicts likelihood of revision surgery

We compared revision and mortality rates of 4668 patients undergoing primary total hip and knee replacement between 1989 and 2007 at a University Hospital in New Zealand. The mean age at the time of surgery was 69 years (16 to 100). A total of 1175 patients (25%) had died at follow-up at a mean of t...

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Main Authors: Wainwright, C., Theis, J., Garneti, N., Melloh, Markus
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18183